The Domestic War - Awakening

[M-axis 589]

The Domestic War - Awakening

 

 

 

 

Drew

 

   I was just sitting there; listening to McEuan drone on about the latest developments in the government, protocol, and armory. I had no interest whatsoever. My partner. Best friend. High school Buddy. Andy Gregon, was dead. Shot by the notorious J17 gang whilst on a private mission HQ had told me nothing about. I knew something was up that dark day. Andy had been so quiet, had told me he would always be my friend forever. Yet when I pressed further, he refused to answer. Later when he left, little I knew that was the last time I would see him alive. Brooding, I turned back to the present to just catch McEuan say the words, "...to bring down J17" Instantly I was all ears. I turned to my third partner, Asha, a beautiful girl, one of the few who had kept humour in our sticky situations, and asked her,

 

  "What's he talking about? Didn't quite catch that."

  "You mean you were brooding and modding again huh?"

  "Just tell me..."

  "MI6 HQ just gave our band orders to find and kill the leader of J17, seems when Andy died quite a fuss was raised. You, me, McEuan, and Company 3 are being assigned to the case."

  "They never told us what Andy's mission was anyway."

  "Sss, listen to McEuan, he's still speaking."

 

   I was over the moon. Finally I would have my chance for revenge. HQ still had no idea whom the leader was, but Asha was one of the best trackers in the MI6. We'd get him eventually. I knew we would never stop searching till we found him.

 

  The meeting was over, as Company 3, McEuan, Asha, and I rose to our feet and started to talk among ourselves. McEuan came over to me and handed me a small book saying,

 

  "Andy told me to give this to you if he didn't come back. I think you should read it before the mission starts. Make sure your M777 is cleaned and loaded for tomorrow. It's an early start."

 "Will do sir."

  "Goodnight then."

 

  I sighed and headed back to my room. The last thing I wanted to do tonight was to talk to anyone. Reading Andy's diary, which I recognized from the cover, would probably only increase the pain of having lost my friend. But I knew I wouldn't be able to put it down, so entering my closet-sized room, I flopped down on my bed and opened the book. A white note sheet fell out, I picked it up and read;

 

   Drew, if you are reading this, you'll know that I am no longer here. No longer with you to guard you back. No longer here to laugh and joke with you. But Drew, in the years I've known you since high-school, you've always been a faithful friend. I'm sorry I couldn't tell you what the mission was about. You know as well as I do that the Official Secrets Act, when signed, means we can't tell even our sisters. I've asked McEuan to give you this, because I thought you would like it. There's something strange going on. J17, McEuan, the strange radar signals. They all don't add up. You've got to figure out what's happening. Before it's too late. Your buddy. Andy.

 

Asha

 

   I'd gone to bed early after the meeting. I was worried for Drew. He'd really been taking Andy's death hard. It's as if he no longer seems to care about life. I watched him whilst he was talking to McEuan after the meeting. He seems haggard. Worn out. I've just got to do something to cheer him up. People admire me for my courage and humour in times of crisis. But in these times. It's hard. More often than not it's a fake. A put on.

 

 

   Plus there's definitely something weird going on. I trust McEuan. Have always done so. He is the one who always rescued us when the going went bad. When the rebel gangs ambushed us, when the Indonesian government wanted us out of the country. When Andy went out, I knew I would never see him again. He's the cheerful sort, when he feels worried or grumpy, it always affects everyone around him. As I turned over and hugged my pillow, I continued to think. What had actually happened to Andy? HQ either knows nothing, or else isn't talking. The funeral was morose. It was an empty coffin. No body was ever found. I sighed. I had to find out what happened. This new mission was going to accomplish that. I had to succeed. Or else...

 

Andy

 

   It was dark. I had no idea where I was. What had happened? I couldn't remember. My brain was foggy, like I was seeing a mist in a mountainous terrain. I struggled with my hands and feet, but couldn't move them. They were tied, cutting into my flesh. It was so painful, searing pain in my head was insane. I shoved and raged, but couldn't do anything in this dark dreary dusty place of despair. What would Drew and Asha be thinking? I had to get out of here. I dragged myself to a wall and started feeling along searching for anything sharp. Suddenly I fell, and hit my head against the concrete floor. The pain was terrible, drat that was annoying. All my training, all the exercises, nothing could train you for this blackness and unknownness.

 

  This situation was getting crazy. When McEuan led Companies 2, 3, and 4, Company 4 being Drew, Asha, and me, into Indonesia on the orders of the British Intelligence to combat rebels trying to overtake the government, little we knew it would get this bad. The government seemed to consider us a threat and refused to allow us to carry anything more than a M77 revolver, or the 'Triple Seven' some of us liked to refer to it as. Company 2 was killed in an ambush by the J12 rebels. Leaving just 7 people left alone in Indonesia with no backup allowed in. 

 

   It was slowly coming back to me now. I had left on a mission to find out about J16.  I was attacked. I was now here. It was going to be a long night...

 

 

Lieutenant and Out.

 

 

 

 

 

  

Edited September 16, 2016 by M-axis

[TriNitroToIuene 4,765]

~ Fixed the difference in fonts

~ Changed text colour to grey to make it easier to read

~ Made a few corrections in spacing and formatting

~ Fixed the spelling error and the typo

 

Was a good read, will be waiting to see how the plot goes :)

Edited September 15, 2016 by TriNitroToIuene

[ToHoYoNTaDa 1,147]

Domestic!

[VaudeVille 1,428]

~ Fixed the difference in fonts

~ Changed text colour to grey to make it easier to read

~ Made a few corrections in spacing and formatting

~ Fixed the spelling error and the typo

 

Was a good read, will be waiting to see how the plot goes :)

So you're back to business? And leaving the low quality tweezers unemployed? :lol:

[mohid1593 266]

good but need more kind of a climax

[Hex 11,522]

^ Yep.

[M-axis 589]

good but need more kind of a climax

 

 

^ Yep.

Thanks! My original title was 'Prologue' so yeah....this is only the beginning ;)

[M-axis 589]

~ Fixed the difference in fonts

~ Changed text colour to grey to make it easier to read

~ Made a few corrections in spacing and formatting

~ Fixed the spelling error and the typo

 

Was a good read, will be waiting to see how the plot goes :)

Thanks! I had a problem with the fonts and colour since half of it was auto saved and there seemed to be a sort of bug so I'm glad you were able to fix that. (Although I prefered white colour....)

 

Thanks for the tips anyway! Glad you enjoyed it :D

[M-axis 589]

cough cough COUGH man! That Lieutenant ANDY out is wrong! That was my signature  <_<  Its was meant to be Lieutenant and out....